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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-08
70 BUILD THE GREAT DAM.
THE QUAKER BRIDE PLAN ADOPTED.
COMMISSIONER SPENCER ALONE AGAINST THIS ME-
NoRITY REPORT.

ooNMrssIoNER SPENCER ALONE AGAINST THIS Me
NoRITY REPORT.
TIA Aoueduct Commission at Its meeting yesterday
sslIv rcsolve to build the Quaker Bridge DAM which
= 10 be 277 feet high from the bottom of the foundation
and 500 feet long This had been previously agreed
mon in executive session in meeting Of the Commit
tee on Construction, Of which committee all the commits
sioncrs are members. There no discussion Of the
subect Yesterday all this had taken place in executive
session President Spencer voted against 1t and
sented his objections In long printed minority report
from the Committee Construction The majority re-
missioners Messrs Dowd. Barnes, Fish. Ridsway and
Newton In their report they that they have care
fully examined the subject and the reports OF the engi
in favor of building the dam Amongthe engineers
who have at different times favored the dam were the
following Isaac Newton late Chief Engineer OF the PUB
lie Works Department; E. g Chesbrough, consulting en-
gineer OF that department s. Church. Chler Engineer
Of the new Aoueduct; julius W. Adams John b. Jervis,
Who snpernened the construction OF tho old aQueduct
James B. Fraucis Robert X. Martin, Of Baltimore, and
George s. Green
In their report the majority that they base their
cation from Professor f. Chandler. report by Chief
Engineer Brisall of the Public Works Department one
by Hubert O. Thompson and Others The report con-
tDues
They voumnous to be set forth at length IN this
port examined by taxpayer interested the
adverse reports the plans have been sub
mted OF which commended itself to the committee as
living modify the concu
TO which they have arrived
In the accompanying report from Chief Engineer
pshed by the construction of this dam. lie estimates
its cost as follows:
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
THE EASTERN.

From the annual report to the board of
railroad commissioners, for the year ending
September 80, these points are taken;
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
PArRiARcHs MILITANT.
The Appointments Made by Briga-
dier General Sprague.

LEWISTON, Nov. 19.-The following are
the staff appointments !of Brigadier- General
Henry NJ Sprague, commanding the depart
ment of Maine, patriarchs militant: Lieu
tenant-Colonel Freeman t. Merrill, Portland,
chief of staff; Major ID. Horace Holman,
Lewiston, assistant adjutant general; Major
Thomas White, Bangor, assistant Inspector
general; Major Albert b. Nealley, ILewiston,
assistant Quartermaster-general Major Fred
E. Haskell, Portland, assistant commissary-
general: Major G. Fl. Cloudman, Portland,
assistant chief of equipment; Major r. d.
Bibber, Bath, assistant surgeon-general;
Major George A. Drew, Lewiston, assistant
Judge advocate general; Captain John Har-
per, Lewiston, aid-de-camp; Captain James
NJ. Sherman, Lewiston, banneret, Colonel
James o. Nickers0n of Lewiston, command
ing First Regiment, Patriarchs Militant @ of
Captain Isaac Goddard, Jr., Auburn, adju-
tant: Captain Russell s. Bradbury, Auburn,
quartermaster; Captain William e. Plum
mer, Portland, commissary; Major ). A.
Nash, North Berwick, surgeon; Lieutenant
Frank l.. Hoyt, Lewiston, banneret; Frank
NJ. Floyd, Portland, sergeant-maJor; George
III. Hale, Lewiston, quartermaSter sergeant;
William III. league, Lewiston, commlssary
sergeant; Edgar j. Kicker, Lewiston, equip
ment sergeant; Edward Nj. Lowell, Lewis
ton, hospital sergeant. The following staff
have been made by Colonel
William Y. Clayton of Bangor, commanding
Second Regiment, of Maine, Patriarchs Mill
tant; Captain w. E. Mansur, Bangor, adju-
tant; Captain James M. Taylor, Bath, quar-
termaster; Captain Charles Baker, Belfast,
commissary; A. r. Williamson, Bangor, ser
geant-major; William Z. Burnham, Calais,
quartermaster-s Charles M. Foster,
Richmond. commissary sergeant.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
LIQUOR SELLING IN MAINE.
What Reporter Found in Collector
Pages Famous Records.

LEWISTON, Nov. ia Lewiston Journal
reporter having visited Portsmouth, n. H.,
and looked over the list of Maine persons
paying the United States Liquor tax, has re
ported to that paper that there are 653 names.
OF that number, q are located at Bar Har-
Dor, ia at Portland, 10 at Houlton, 10 at
Brunswick, 10 at Ellsworth, 10 at Augusta,
IA at Gardiner, 10 at Water vile, "a at ROCK
land, 12l at Bangor, 10 at Oldtown, % at
Bath, 10 at Sbowhegan, IL at Belfast, is at
Bddeford and AZ at Lewiston. The remain
ing 181 are scattered all over the State. VI
the ~ Lewiston names, nearly all are nc
titious. Ann Healey and one or two others
have the courage to hoist their colors. The
presence of so many incorrect and fictitious
names in the list under Deputy Murphy's
charge raises the suspicion that he must
have known something about them. 1t has
been stated, without denial, that IN at least
one instance complaint was made and pro-
ceedings were begun against one nquor
dealer for non payment OF tax, and that ne
testified before Commissioner Clifford that
Murphy advised him to pay the tax under
another name, whereupon the case was
dropped. The proportion Of liquor dealers
to the population of the State is one to every
1000 inhabitants.
In conclusion, the report states: I'm
doubtedly many of these 653 have been
driven out of the business since May, as
large proportion of them have. been prose-
cuted. In the rural communities of Maine
it will be seen that even the secret traffic is
well nigh extirpated. Franklin county,
with population of 1880, has only two
liquor dealers. and Oxford county. with 32,-
627 population, only seven. Even In the
cities as whole the number of dram shops
secret outside of one city-is proportional
ly less than half of what was the number is
in license cities. And then every one knows
that these liquor sellers in all OF our cities
but one pursue their business under such
difficulties that one licensed grog shop In a
license city sells more than half a dozen OF
our secret places can.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
MAIN e.
The Years Operations.

BANGOR Nov. ia prominent lumber
man stated to a reporter in this city that he
thought that the highest figures on lumber
crews were reached last winter, but the num-
Der will be far exceeded this year. Every
man whoever worked in the woods and who
is able to procure horses, sleds and other
equipments, is starting an operation of his
own this year. Owners of timber land tracts
show great lists Of permits, but the majority
of them are to small concerns. Seventy-five
per cent of the men who will cut logs this
winter have already departed for the woods.
Those big operators, like Con Murphy, Rod
Sutherland, John Ross, Charles White and
Morrison & Hunting, have been sending up
the last of their crews this week. They all
lumber on the West Branch, out of the Pc
nobscot. out of which double the amount of
lumber is turned than from any other stream
of its size in the world There is now some
seven inches of snow in that section, and
the streams and bogs are frozen over so that
they can be crossed with horses. Moosehead
Lake is growing very cold, and is not ex-
pected to remain open much longer, so the
steamers are making preparations for their
last trips across.
Studying Parliamentary Practice
RocKLAND, Nov. 19.-The Rockland Con-
gress. an organization similar to the Boston
Young Mems Congress, was instituted in
this city last evening, with % members. G.
E. Littlefield was elected speaker, E. K.
Gould clerk, W. r. Prescott sergeant-at-
arms. The object of the organization is the
study of parliamentary rules, and modes and
practices in the American Congress.
TWO Fires.
HoULToN, Nov. 19-H. A. Mansur's steam
shingle mill, consisting of two buildings,was
burned at 4 o'clock this morning, together
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21

ALL WRONG.
Captain Bunce Thinks the Atlanta a
Poor Vessel.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia Washington de-
spatch says that document is now going
through the official mill Of the Navy Depart
ment, that is occasioning more comment
than any official communication submitted
for consideration during this administration.
The document in question is letter from
Capt Bunce, commanding the Atlanta, in
which he endeavors to prove that the vessel
is practically worthless as a cruiser, and Is
altogether unseaworthy. This startling as
sertion, coming after the government has ex-
pended hundreds of thousands Of dollars In
the construction of the Boston and Atlanta,
for both must be included in Capt. Bunce's
criticisms as they are sister ships, occasions
no little surprise.
The captains objections are based upon
trial with the Atlanta at sea. He details at
least fifty changes in the construction of the
vessel which he thinks desirable. 1t is as
serted by the captain that the vessel as at
present constructed, with her low bulkheads,
eonld not live in a head sea. Capt. Bunce al
SO asserts that the guns furnished by the ord
nance bureau are much too heavy for the
vessel. and recommends that they be replaced
by six-inch steel rifles. He reports that the
armament of the vessel is SO badly assorted
that six kinds of ammunition have to be
passed through the same scuttle. The cap
tain recommends many alterations, which, If
made, will cost $20O,CcJ.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
Free Speech In BIddeford. .
tBIddeiord Times. ]


Mayor Parcher Of Biddeford has some ideas
Of his own about Liberty. According to his
notion she is not nearly so free bird as Is
popularity supposed. We draw oul inference
from incidents which transpired yesterday,
and If we do Mayor PaIcher any wrong we
shall be pleased to have him set US right
After the events Of the night before last
Mayor Parcher was waited upon Dy
Baptist clergyman of the city and requested
to furnish DIR. Fulton and his audience and
the hall where he should speak, protection
for the lecture which was announced tor
last evening The mayors reply was that
he meant to look into the matter and IL ne
found that he could legally do so, he would
suppress the meeting. Mr.. j. X. Libby, q
prominent Biddef0rd merchant, also waited
upon Mayor Barcher and inquired II IL was
his intention to take any precautions against
a recurrence of the disgraceful proceedings
of the night before. The mayor prolessea
to think the question an unfair one, but nnd-
ing that Mr.. Libby would not allow hlna to
hedge, he admitted that he had mado In
quiries to ascertain IL he could legally pre-.
vent DIR. Fulton from speaking, and that II
he had found that it could be done he would
have taken steps to prevent him from speak
ing Being still further urged to protect the
meeting the Mayor said he would take the
matter into his consideration, and there IL
remained No steps were, so FAR as known,
taken. by him to preserve the order, indeed,
he rather appears to have sympathized with
the hoodlums.
Isd't that mayor to be proud OLA man
who is so ignorant as not to know that this IS
a country of free speech; an office VINO wonld
throttle discussion If he could? But then,
perhaps it's just what you would expect
from a man who was first elected as a mayor
with the help OF repeaters, conspirators and
sneak thieves, and who in his inaugural had
no word Of reproof. but only thanks to offer
for the methods which were VIGOROUSLY
adopted to secure his election.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
AMBUSH AND FIRE.
Acts of Violence In the Pennsylvania
Mining Districts.

TAMAoUA, Penn, Nov. 19.-Old time Mol
lie Maguiresm is again coming to the front.
Two brothers, Johnsand Henry Miller, while
returning from work at Greenwood colliery
last evening were shot at by some one In
ambush. The weapon used was shotgun,
and number of small shot penetrated the
bodies of the men. Greenwood colliery has
been working only part of the time, aud the
striking workmen had returned to wo-k only
yesterday
Buck mountain coal breaker, eight miles
west of here, was burned to the ground dur
ing last night. The breaker was new one,
and was owned by the Buck Mountain Coal
Company. The origin OF the fire is unkn own,
but is attributed to lawless characters The
company has been working right along. The
loss is $4,000.
The strikers deny that they had anything
to do with setting the buildings on fire. In
the first place, they claim, this would be i'm
possible, as the breakers are protected by
watchmen ard coal and iron policemen day
and night. The excitement is at fever
heat at Drifton.
Hardly had the flames at the Buck Noun
tain colliery died away, when the incen-
diaries torches were applied to the large
coal breaker at Drifton, owned by Coke
Brothers. leading firm of operators in the
Lehigh region. The breaker was entirely
destroyed, involving loss of over 100000
more. Both collieries were operated by
sscab labor" and there is every reason to
believe that that they were fired.
Gov. Beaver has been requested by tele-
graph to order out the militia to protect the
companies. The strikers say that they will
fight the soldiers.
The coal regions are terribly excited. The
money sent to the region is inadequate to
maintain the miners, and the stories of star
vation are heartrending in the extreme 1t
is feared that unless something is done at
once the lawless elements will terrorize the
coal regions.
News of another outrage reached here late
to. night. The Lehigh & Susquehanna pay
ear was thrown off the track near Penn
Argyle, Northampton county, on the Lehigh
& Iackawanna branch, by broken rail,
this afternoon, and George T. Hess, pay
master, and w. Il. Beers. detective, both
of Easton, were very seriously injured A
large amount of money was lost The car
went down 20 foot embankment. Investi-
CATION is now going on
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
Warfare by Smells.


A new mode of warfare is suggested by
Mr.. Weston, an electrician of New York,
who SAYS that as the object Of war is to over
power the enemy, any method by which that
can be done without either killing or wound
ing great numbers OF men Is preferable TO
the present slaughtering way OF carrying on
war. He proposes to throw from cannon
shells, charged with nitrate Of amyle, very
powerful anasthetic. which Is cheap and
easily procured in any quantity. The shells
NAV be thin, as they are not intended to In
inflict injnry by penetration, and charged
withsthe liquid nitrate of amyle, which is
very volatile, and whose vapor quickly eans-
es insensibility. Against great ironclad
shin IL would be more potent than against
armies or the old fashioned wooden ships,
because the ironclads have powerful yentila-
ting apparatus constantly drawing air into
the interior and a few gallons OF this liquid
spilled upon the deck would sursound the
whole ship with an atmosphere strongly
charged with the supplying vapor, which
would be rapidly diffused throughout the
ship. The officers and crew would fall into
a super and would be helpless for an hour
or two. Then the enemy could tow the ship
out of the fight If 1t still continued between
other vessels, drive out the noxions vapOrs
by ventilation, secure the prisoners, and II
necessary turn the unlniured prize immedi-
ately against its former consorts. The war
fare of the future, IL conducted in this man
ner, will be much less terrifying than that of
the past or the present. But If both combat
ants use the same weapons, the result might
be, to certain extent, unsatisfactory.
Two hostile fleets manned by crews In
state OF suspended animation. or two oppOS,
ing armies composed of soldiers lying toIPl,u
and unconscious, would be q somewhat llu-
iculous outcome Of a battle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21

man according to his deeds" The Univer-
salists Of hundred years ago were such
Calyinists that 1t Is sometimes said they
were not universalists at all. With the old
er believers 1t was all love and grace and no
law. Now it is all law and little grace. The
former were intense adherents to the scrip
ture, held to Christ as central and his atone
ment as all effectual. Today the scripture
is less prominent and low views Of its inspi-
ration are accepted. Christ Is a creature
and the atonemsnt is one Of only moral In
influence. Under Hosea Ballou the entire
body went over from Trinitarianism to Uni
tarianism
God used to be with them God Of justice.
Justice meant protection of society, the vim
dication Of the Divine character, the satisfy
ing of the law Now the primary purpose
of justice is TO reform the transgressor. They
reject the current church doctrine Of proba-
tion. Only in lower things can the past rule
the future Mans moral state cannot DC
fixed. This life cannot dominate the eternl-
ty beyond What God Is, he has ever been,
and ever will be. Every soul is forever re-
deemable. The future world jeins
right on to this. The death and glory uni
versalists confined all sin and punishment TO
this world. Against this view Adm lBallou
contended, therein opposing Whittemore.
The preacher then set forth the Universal.
ist ideas of the Judgment, against the back
ground of the Orthodox faith After gen.
eral sketch Of the contrast of the two views,
he went on to describe the growth and the
mission of the Universalist churches and
their present outlook Their dangers had
been In a tendency to rationalism, but the
seal Of UNCONVENTIONAL disapprobation was
now put upon all efforts to deny the super
natural element in the Bible, or the lordsnlp
of Jesus Christ. A still greater danger was
that in ceasing to be prosecuted they should
lose their commission and descend to become
mere humanitarians; cease TO lnd0ctrinate
their youth In the fundamental tenets
and content themselves with the comfortable
conviction that all lis bound to come out
right. He then closed with series OF ap-
peals one to the spirit of charity for the
other denominations. They should be the
last to fail of t0leration for such as differ
from them, who dare not affirm so positively
about the scope of final salvation. who would
run no risks where the error, II it be one, is
irretrievable, and the stake infinite. In an
other appeal, he congratulated them on their
faith in a righteous God, in Christ, In reyel-
alton and in mmortality-hOlding these IN
common, ARE we not bound to unite as against
the common enemy of all religion. say
what we may about the issues OF the future,
these are not the deepest questions. The
burning question rather Is. Is there any
supernatural, is there a God, any spirit or
spiritual world. As against the naturallsm
hour, be it ours TO show that there Is no
higher life than that which Is lived in the
faith and governed by the principles OF Jesus
Christ
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-21
MAINE SCHOOL HOUSES.
Country Structures Where the Stove
Is Red and Pupils Shiver.
Toaus Crowded With Veterans Re-
turning for the Winter.
A Gift for oak Grove Seminary and
Principal Jones's Efforts.
Especial to the Press.l

Especial TO the PreSS.l
AueusrA. Nov. 20-Dr. Young Of the
Board of Health, will shortly depart on a
several weeks trip through the State inspect
ing school houses, relative to their sanitary
condition, embracing all in his investiga-
tions, from the old red school building built
at the country cross roads up to the modern
structure of the city. That many are la
mentally deficient in sanitary provisions,
especially as regards ventilation. there can
be no question and there are not a few
school houses in the State, especially in the
country, where the pupil sits the allotted six
hours, perched upon high seat, roasted in
front by a red hot stove, and shivering at
his back from draughts of wintry air finding
easy access through open walls and win
dows. Such an experience can but be un-
healthful to the scholar The investigation
is timely one and the results will be inter-
esting. DR.. Young will make copious notes
on each house visited; also diagram of the
building.
Gases of infectious diseases were reported
to the State Board of Health during the
week ending November 10, as follows:
Typhoid Feyer-Ashland, Bowdoin, Corinna,
Deering, Fort Kent, Gray, Houlton. MADISON,
Oldtown Portland, Rockland, Thomaston, west
brook and Wilton
Diphthera- Augusta, Harpswell, Madison, Po-
land, Portland and Thomaston. o,s
Scarlet Fever-GOrham, kenneDunkpcrt oiu
town, Portland and Rockland.
The National Soldiers Home, Tegus, is
taxed to its utmost capacity to accommodate
veterans applying for admission, and such
is its crowded condition that it has been nee
essary to refuse admissions for time. There
are more inmates at the home than lever be-
fore, the number now being 2006. Ninety
five are obliged to sleep on mattresses placed
on the floor. The clock was being placed in
the new chapel, Saturday.
A former pupil of Oak Grove Seminary
now resident in New York, has given $3.50
towards rebuilding. Principal Jones will
send out circulars to many of the former lu-
pills, soliciting contributions for the erection
of the new building.